Pressed steel crosstie



Oct. 6, 1931. c. LEONARD PRESSED STEEL CROSSTIE Filed Oct. 13, 1930 @dfi' Zeorzard,

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Patented Oct. 6,1931

- CHARLES LEONARD, or SOUTH CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA DRESSED STEEL onoss'rm Application filed October 13,

The object of this,'my present invention, is the construction of an all metal railway tie, in which the'body of the tie is stamped and pressed froma single piece of steel or 1;; ike metal to provide a hollow body which may be filled or partly filled with ballast, the body at the center thereof having an inward ly arched portion to prevent the lateral movement ofthe tie when in the roadbed, the body n of the tie being formed with a continuous flange on which is bolted orriveted a top plate, the top plate carrying rail plates it j formed with bendable tongues that are designed to be forced over the base flanges of is the rails for holding the rails on the ties.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the improvement hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

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Figure 2 istan approximately central longitudinal sectional view therethrough.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional View on :5 the line 3'3 of Figure 2. Y i

, The body 1- of the improved tie is of the regularlength, width and height. The body 7 isstamped and pressed fro-m a single sheet of, steel or like metal which, in the stamp- :;3 ing and pressing operation, has its bottom centrally arched inwardly, as at 2. The ends 3 of the body 1 are arranged at a slight in- .clinationbetween the sides of the said body and the upper edge ofthe body is formed with a continuousflange 4.

Resting on the flanges 4 and riveted or bolted thereto there is the toprplate 5. Be- T fore'the top plate is applied the hollow body may receive therethrough a desiredballast, Certain of the securing means, such as the rivets 5, pass through the corners of rail plates'6, upon which the rails 7 rest. The edges of the plates 6, inward of the corners thereof, are slotted longitudinally and the metal bounded by these slits is bent to provide tongues 8 which are forced over the base flanges of the rails 7 and effectively sustain the rails on the tie.

The simplicity of the construction and the 1930. Serial No. 488,444.

advantages thereof will, it is thought, be understood and appreciated by those skilled in the artto which such invention relates so that further detailed description will not be required. Obviously I do not wish to be restricted to the precise details herein shown and described-and, therefore, hold myself entitled to make such changes therefrom fairly fall within the scope of what I claim.

Having described theinvention, I claim:

A metal tie having its body portions stamped from a single piece'of metal to pro 'vide a hollow rectangular member, the ends of the member being bent inwardly between thesides thereof and the open upper portion of the member being formed with a continuous flange, said body having its bottom, at the center thereof, arched inwardly, a cover plate riveted to the flange, and rail engaging plates pivoted to the cover plate and to the I flange.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES LEONARD.

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